On the Beach | John Osborne
John Osborne is the pragmatic scientist assigned to the U.S.S. Scorpion. He studies the spread of radiation in the area. He is somewhat pessimistic and dour, as demonstrated by his comments when the submarine reaches Port Darwin:
...They learned nothing, save for the inference that when the end had come the people had died tidily. "It's what animals do," John Osborne said. "Creep away into holes to die. They're probably all in bed."
"That's enough about that," the captain said.
"It's true," the scientist remarked.
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